Melissa Chan

Melissa Chan is a reporter focused on transnational issues. She covers China’s influence beyond its borders and the rise of global authoritarianism. She is a contributor to the Global Reporting Centre in Vancouver, Canada.

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Flowers and photographs lay at a democracy statue in Hong Kong.

Nathan Law’s Lesson for Democracies
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Melissa Chan
An illustration photo taken on Jan. 25 shows the Clubhouse app on a smartphone.

China Ends the Clubhouse Spring
Argument |
Melissa Chan
US President Donald Trump (R) walks with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a break in talks at the second US-North Korea summit at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi on Feb 28, 2019.

Strategic Lunacy Doesn’t Play in Reality
Review |
Melissa Chan
A Chinese bank employee counts new 50-yuan notes with a money counting machine at a bank counter in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on August 30, 2019.

When the Numbers Don’t Add Up in China
Review |
Melissa Chan
Thae Yong-ho, a former North Korean deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom, on Jan. 19, 2017.

The Future of Korean Politics Might Be This Defector From Pyongyang
Profile |
Melissa Chan
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